Adjective Order

Have you ever made grilled cheese? When you make

grilled cheese, you have to follow certain steps, or you
might end up with a cold piece of cheese and burnt bread.
Yuck!

Just like you follow certain steps to make

a sandwich, there is a specific sequence
for adjectives in sentences. The order of
adjectives tells you in what order to use
an adjective if there is more than one
type of adjective describing a noun.
The order of adjectives helps your sentence make sense. Look at the following
sentence:

The hot, gooey, two grilled cheese

sandwiches tasted delicious.

The sentence doesn't sound right because the adjective 'two' should go first.

It is always important to include descriptive words. Did you know there

is a correct order for listing adjectives that describe a noun?
When we use more than one adjective before a noun in English, we often put
the adjectives in a specific order. It can sound quite strange if the adjectives
are in a different order. However, there is one thing to remember: it's very rare
to use more than three adjectives before a noun.

Here is the order that we generally follow:

Opinion: pretty, horrible, lovely

Size: huge, tiny, big, little
Age: old, young, new
Shape: round, square, triangular
Color: black, red, yellow
Origin: British, Chinese, French
Material: woolen, wooden, silk
Purpose: writing (paper), school (shoes)
The first letter of these
words spell
'OSASCOMP' (as
pointed out by the
fabulous Mignon
Fogarty) and thinking
about the word
'osascomp' is a great
way to remember the
order of adjectives.
Determiners (words like 'a' or 'some' or' several') go at the beginning. We also
put adverbs like 'really' and 'very' at the beginning, after the determiners.

Here are some examples:

 I carried a very small black suitcase

 They have some old French paintings.

 She was wearing a new red silk dress.

 That is a really ugly wooden chair.

 We bought a new round kitchen table.

 There are some new Chinese students in the class.

 OPINION SIZE AGE SHAPE COLOUR PATTERN NATIONALITY MATERIAL PURPOSE

Nice-Bonito Big-Grande Old-Viejo Round-Redondo Pink-Rosa Plain-Liso American- Plastic-De Shopping-De la

Americano plástico compra

Cheap-Barato Small-Pequeño New-Nuevo Oval-Ovalado Pale-Pálido Spotted-De Italian-Italiano Leather-De piel Typing
lunares Mecanografía

Interesting- Tall-Alto Young-Joven Square- Tanned-Moreno Flecked- Spanish-Español Iron-De hierro Sleeping-Para
Interesante Cuadrado Salpicado dormir

Gorgerous- Thin-Delgado Modern- Flat-Plano Silver-Plateado Flowery- Indian-Indio Wooden-De Race-De carreras
Precioso Moderno Floreado madera

Intelligent- Long-Largo Ancient-Antiguo Curved-Curvo Blue-Azul Striped-A rayas French-Francés Steel-De acero Running Para
Inteligente correr

Annoying- Short-Corto Updated- Spherical- White-Blanco Checked-A Chinese-Chino Denim-Tela Football De fútbol
Pesado Actualizado Esférico cuadros vaquera

Boring-Aburrido Thick-Grueso Outdated- Straight-Recto Yellow-Amarillo Printed- English-Inglés Straw-De paja Reading-Para leer
Anticuado Estampado

Great-Genial Wide-Ancho Junior-Júnior Steep- Orange-Naranja Argyle-De German- Paper-De papel Winter-De invierno
Empinado rombos Alemán

Amazing- Narrow- Senior-Mayor Hollow-Hueco Red-Rojo Tie-dyed-Teñido Egyptian- Glass-De cristal Working- Para
Increíble Estrecho Egipcio trabajar
order relating to examples
1 opinion unusual, lovely, beautiful
2 size big, small, tall
3 physical quality thin, rough, untidy
4 shape round, square, rectangular
5 age young, old, youthful
6 colour blue, red, pink
7 origin Dutch, Japanese, Turkish
8 material metal, wood, plastic
9 type general-purpose, four-sided, U-shaped
10 purpose cleaning, hammering, cooking

Here are some invented examples of longer

adjective phrases. A noun phrase which included all
these types would be extremely rare.
 Adjectives joined by and
When more than one adjective occurs after a verb such as be (a
linking verb), the second last adjective is normally connected
to the last adjective by and:

Home was always a warm, welcoming place. Now it is sad,

dark and cold.

And is less common when more than one adjective comes

before the noun (e.g. a warm, welcoming place). However, we
can use and when there are two or more adjectives of the same
type, or when the adjectives refer to different parts of the same
thing:

It was a blue and green cotton shirt.

 Pages from the book

Page 54: Reading. Exercise A,B,C,D

Page 55: Vocabulary. Exercise A and B

Grammar. Exercise A and B

Page 124: Check the grammar

Page 125: Exercise 2A and 2B